Advanced Reading Power, by Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries, is a student-centered reading skills textbook based on a cognitive skills approach. Its four key sections, designed to be used concurrently, help advanced students master reading skills needed for academic success:
Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary.
Vocabulary Building includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations.
Comprehension Skills teaches reading skills, such as making inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, and reading critically.
Reading Faster features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students improve their reading rate and flexibility. Features:
A variety of authentic reading selections, including excerpts from college textbooks, promotes purposeful reading.
Focus on Vocabulary sections provide practice with academic vocabulary from the unit.
Comprehension exercises encourage students to interact with the text and develop an awareness of their own reading and thinking processes. The Reading Power series also includes:
Basic Reading Power 1 (Third Edition): Beginning
Reading Power 2 (4th Edition): Intermediate
More Reading Power 3: High-Intermediate ? ?
Extensive Reading helps students to build reading fluency, increase comprehension, and broaden vocabulary.
Vocabulary Building includes numerous strategies for learning vocabulary, including using context clues, analyzing word parts, and noticing collocations.
Comprehension Skills teaches reading skills, such as making inferences, recognizing patterns of organization, and reading critically.
Reading Faster features high-interest, nonfiction selections that help students improve their reading rate and flexibility. Features:
A variety of authentic reading selections, including excerpts from college textbooks, promotes purposeful reading.
Focus on Vocabulary sections provide practice with academic vocabulary from the unit.
Comprehension exercises encourage students to interact with the text and develop an awareness of their own reading and thinking processes. The Reading Power series also includes:
Basic Reading Power 1 (Third Edition): Beginning
Reading Power 2 (4th Edition): Intermediate
More Reading Power 3: High-Intermediate ? ?
Advanced Reading Power
Author:
Beatrice S.Mikulecky , Linda Jeffries
By:
PEARSON Longman
ISBN10:
0131990276
ISBN13:
9780131990272
